Volatile
['vɒlətaɪl] or ['vɑlətl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; 'it was heated to evaporate the volatiles'.
(adj.) tending to vary often or widely; 'volatile stocks'; 'volatile emotions' .
(adj.) evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; 'volatile oils'; 'volatile solvents' .
达雷尔手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
(a.) Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation.
(a.) Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.
(n.) A winged animal; wild fowl; game.
狄伦編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Evaporable.[2]. Airy, gay, lively, jolly, sprightly, vivacious, buoyant, full of spirit, jocund.[3]. Fickle, changeable, giddy, inconstant, flighty, reckless, uncircumspect, wild, hare-brained, HARUM-SCARUM.
整理:维维安
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Vaporizable, sublimable, distillable, airy, spirituous, evaporating, gay, Iively,{[ flipity]?}, capricious, irresolute
ANT:Fixed, solid, persistent, dull, somber, demure, steady, determined, resolute,involatile
詹妮整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Lydgate made her drink a dose of sal volatile. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- A refrigerating chamber _b_, submerged in the water, is charged internally with some volatile liquid, such as ether. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This employed anhydrous sulphurous acid as the volatile agent, and is described in United States patent No. 187,413, February 13, 1877; French patent No. 109,003, of 1875. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Have you any salts--volatile salts? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Osmium from a volatile compound of same thus deposited makes a filament as good as carbon when in vacuo. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The volatile parts are carried off by the pipe, and the solid carbonaceous matter, or coke, is left in the retort. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The mixture should be preserved in bottles with glass stoppers, as the benzine is very volatile. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Salicylic acid is a white, dry, crystalline powder, devoid of smell or taste, undergoes no change when kept in store, and is neither inflammable nor volatile. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Ain't I volatile, Mr. Copperfield? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Raymond is a witness what ginger and sal volatile I am obliged to take in the night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The chloroform being volatile and very heavy, settled in the box and displaced all the air. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Mr. Copperfield, ain't I volatile? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The ether especially is so volatile that an open bottle will take fire from a gas-jet or blaze several feet away if the draft is right. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- No doubt, thought I, this gay young volatile creature, surrounded as he is by temptation, will forget me in less than a month! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The gas is mingled with various volatile products as it issues from the retort, and requires to be purified before it is fitted for illumination. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
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